Super, all I can confirm for now about this secretive new status is what you've already speculated about the elite levels (http://www.dansdeals.com/forums/index.php?topic=1348.msg10071#msg10071)"Apparently they will ban us here, if we buy regular (non award tix), especially full-fare ones, are a big no no."

After the whole 1,000th member mixup I rethought the idea and decided it was a dumb promo...but hey, we got like 30 signups that day! I hope it's people who are actually going to contribute to the forum. If the promo'd LT'ers don't produce, maybe we'll demote them.

Very cool to watch the progression Dan! Good work! Here's a question for you...during the dry spell that you mentioned in the aforementioned 'fun fact', what was going on in your life that kept you from participating?

Very cool to watch the progression Dan! Good work! Here's a question for you...during the dry spell that you mentioned in the aforementioned 'fun fact', what was going on in your life that kept you from participating?

I'm guessing if you look at the archives on the main site it should be very easy to find your answer...

Ha ha, I had the same question, but I kept to myself since it could be a private issue.

Sorry for the potential rudeness Dan, but I'm actually happy that I asked (and I guess lazy for not checking the archive myself lol). So a tremendous, albeit retroactive mazal tov on your wedding/merger ;-)!

I know that you now have a child! Isn't it amazing!

Hatzlacha with your family and my bracha is that you should always keep them first!

2nd that would motivate more people to answer question and help others on the forum

and im sure it would be a bid deal a forum that established a system for is people!

Ditto

Just not understanding...how would a card in your wallet that says "silver" make a person want to answer more questions? If anything I think it would motivate people to spam the forums more to earn this "card".

My opinion in general is that most of what happens in the world is by a small percentage of the population

"Jews are a famously accomplished group. They make up 0.2 percent of the world population, but 54 percent of the world chess champions, 27 percent of the Nobel physics laureates and 31 percent of the medicine laureates.

Jews make up 2 percent of the U.S. population, but 21 percent of the Ivy League student bodies, 26 percent of the Kennedy Center honorees, 37 percent of the Academy Award-winning directors, 38 percent of those on a recent Business Week list of leading philanthropists, 51 percent of the Pulitzer Prize winners for nonfiction."

Jews make up 2 percent of the U.S. population, but 21 percent of the Ivy League student bodies, 26 percent of the Kennedy Center honorees, 37 percent of the Academy Award-winning directors, 38 percent of those on a recent Business Week list of leading philanthropists, 51 percent of the Pulitzer Prize winners for nonfiction

"Jews are a famously accomplished group. They make up 0.2 percent of the world population, but 54 percent of the world chess champions, 27 percent of the Nobel physics laureates and 31 percent of the medicine laureates.

Jews make up 2 percent of the U.S. population, but 21 percent of the Ivy League student bodies, 26 percent of the Kennedy Center honorees, 37 percent of the Academy Award-winning directors, 38 percent of those on a recent Business Week list of leading philanthropists, 51 percent of the Pulitzer Prize winners for nonfiction."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/opinion/12brooks.html?_r=0

And don't forget that even with a world population percentage of .02%, Jews still make up 99.9% of DDF :)

ppl care way too much abt post count. Its all about quality of posts not quantity.

Agreed. I don't think people actually "care about post count" as much as one might think. I think a lot of high-posters (including myself) enjoy the conversational aspect of DDF (not just in JS). Having many conversations in the TR board will inflate a post count significantly.

I knew this comment would take the wolf out of his cage.It's not professional white collar to spend 15% of your life on online chatrooms.

I know your sensitive spots - your dignity and bath ducks.

You don't wanna hear who you remind me of .

Unlike you, who seems to have a hangup about what I do for a living, I have no illusions of grandeur.

I've made more money as a result of this "silly little chatroom" (a silly little chatroom, by the way, which you can't seem to stay away from, as I pointed out above, only primarily in JS wasting your time and the time of others) than I have working for one of the largest firms in the world.

Unlike you, who seems to have a hangup about what I do for a living, I have no illusions of grandeur.

I've made more money as a result of this "silly little chatroom" (a silly little chatroom, by the way, which you can't seem to stay away from, as I pointed out above, only primarily in JS wasting your time and the time of others) than I have working for one of the largest firms in the world.

i think it should also have a rating system like https://forums.oneplus.net/ (https://forums.oneplus.net/) has you wouldn't have all these ::) ::) ::) ::) or +1 +1 posts and there would be no need for that since you can give a 'like' if you want,and it doesn't add so much clutter in the threads, people have a incentive to write something others like.

i think it should also have a rating system like https://forums.oneplus.net/ (https://forums.oneplus.net/) has you wouldn't have all these ::) ::) ::) ::) or +1 +1 posts and there would be no need for that since you can give a 'like' if you want,and it doesn't add so much clutter in the threads, people have a incentive to write something others like.

Is there any way to see my post count at a certain point prior to now or is that lost in the nether forever?

If you are good at math. Go to your profile/show posts, then scroll to the date in question. Write down that number. Scroll to the last page, and write down the # of your 1st post. Subtract the first number you wrote down from the second # you wrote down. This will give you the total posts on that date--including JS.

is there a way i could request a HT http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650 (http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650) the updated info he took from http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650/comment-page-1#comment-248501 (http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650/comment-page-1#comment-248501) as you can see i posted 4:05 & he updated 4:09 ::)

is there a way i could request a HT http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650 (http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650) the updated info he took from http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650/comment-page-1#comment-248501 (http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/29650/comment-page-1#comment-248501) as you can see i posted 4:05 & he updated 4:09 ::)

Was it going up in the morning ? Because all afternoon you've been in JS which doesn't count.

I was not aware of that and that certainly explains it. Thanks for elaborating. Is there an actual wiki to this type of information? Don't care that much but I do sometimes have time on my hands to read that type of stuff :)

I was not aware of that and that certainly explains it. Thanks for elaborating. Is there an actual wiki to this type of information? Don't care that much but I do sometimes have time on my hands to read that type of stuff :)

So I guess this guy with zero posts (http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1054) is also posting exclusively in the secret forums?

I'll save you all some trouble. Both these users were created on the same day, (I'm sure if you look back through this thread you'll find some change was made to the member groups on that day,) and apparently somehow got stuck with the status.You can all put away the tin hats now...

So I guess this guy with zero posts (http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1054) is also posting exclusively in the secret forums?

I'll save you all some trouble. Both these users were created on the same day, (I'm sure if you look back through this thread you'll find some change was made to the member groups on that day,) and apparently somehow got stuck with the status.You can all put away the tin hats now...

I seem to remember there was some really annoying member here a while ago ("Uncle Mike", maybe?) who pissed a lot of people off, and when they talked back to him, he threatened to close his account. When he was told to go right ahead, he requested to have his account closed, and suddenly all of his posts became "guest".

I seem to remember there was some really annoying member here a while ago ("Uncle Mike", maybe?) who pissed a lot of people off, and when they talked back to him, he threatened to close his account. When he was told to go right ahead, he requested to have his account closed, and suddenly all of his posts became "guest".

Back in 2010 I won Lifetime Platinum Elite status (see http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/8120 ) and until recently thats what my profile showed (one line showing gold as per my post count & under that it said lifetime platinum elite).Recently that has disappeared. Anyone know why?

On a side note, did you genuinely revoke someone's complimentary status after gifting it? If a REAL loyalty program did that they would never hear the end of it!

"UPDATE: Newest member ďSHAFELEĒ has earned himself Lifetime Platinum! Congratulations!UPDATE 2: There were many members who had registered but had never activated their accounts. We cleaned that up and there are now 970 members ó 4 who have registered in the last 20 minutes. Letís keep it going and the 1,000th will get that coveted Lifetime Platinum Elite Membership!UPDATE 3: Congratulations as well to forums member ďGOGREENĒ who is our newest 1,000th member. Weíve had over 30 signups today! Great job!"

Then its not hooked up for you. probably too many +1 or otherwise short posts. There is an algorithm that ignores short posts.Also, I said that its not automatic. Gotta wait till a mod turns it on for you.

Status of how much work your employer expects from you to get done, the more posts the less work, for example dan (http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?action=mlist;sort=posts;start=0;desc) has the largest post count on ddf is already retired and does just this from 9-5.

Any status for highest poster of the year? As the year is almost over I was looking around and I was blown away by David smith's post per day count. I know he only joined this year but it's pretty impressive. (Could be there are others with higher ones but I didn't find any.)

My point is CONGRATULATIONS David to a great year Iy"h many more to come!

Any status for highest poster of the year? As the year is almost over I was looking around and I was blown away by David smith's post per day count. I know he only joined this year but it's pretty impressive. (Could be there are others with higher ones but I didn't find any.)

My point is CONGRATULATIONS David to a great year Iy"h many more to come!

Any status for highest poster of the year? As the year is almost over I was looking around and I was blown away by David smith's post per day count. I know he only joined this year but it's pretty impressive. (Could be there are others with higher ones but I didn't find any.)

My point is CONGRATULATIONS David to a great year Iy"h many more to come!

Post count per day (or period) is not something we want to be encouraging.

ok let me restate that I personally happen to find that David smith takes the time to answer ppl clearly and takes the time to elaborate which I appreciate over 1 word answers at times. I also realized that besides the quality there was a tremendous amount of quantity and wanted to point that out.

I'm not saying that quantity is more important than quality. I'm also not trying to take away credit from other big posters who provide tremendous amounts of help (TimT, MarcoPolo, and AJK just to name a few) . I just wanted to point out it was a great first year for David,that's all.

ok let me restate that I personally happen to find that David smith takes the time to answer ppl clearly and takes the time to elaborate which I appreciate over 1 word answers at times. I also realized that besides the quality there was a tremendous amount of quantity and wanted to point that out.

I'm not saying that quantity is more important than quality. I'm also not trying to take away credit from other big posters who provide tremendous amounts of help (TimT, MarcoPolo, and AJK just to name a few) . I just wanted to point out it was a great first year for David,that's all.

100%Marco's point was that just looking at the numbers in isolation doesn't prove anything.

I just saw this Dan you've come a long, long way with "19736 total members." From 568 and even less before. Can't wait for it to be 20K, 25K, 50K and eventually 100K, and even 1M. I see it coming....... :) :) :)

I just saw this Dan you've come a long, long way with "19736 total members." From 568 and even less before. Can't wait for it to be 20K, 25K, 50K and eventually 100K, and even 1M. I see it coming....... :) :) :)

So confused what this all is about!!! Could someone spell it out clearly plz.....

In the beginning of this thread there is a list of elite member groups and you get to those if you post more posts. so people have been making a joke that after a certain point you I able to see different threads if you can't see when you're not in a very high group when it's not true unless you're an admin... or maybe it is true?

In the beginning of this thread there is a list of elite member groups and you get to those if you post more posts. so people have been making a joke that after a certain point you I able to see different threads if you can't see when you're not in a very high group when it's not true unless you're an admin... or maybe it is true?

Getting to a higher group is true, the question is is if you getting to a higher group gets you anything. If you look at your profile you will see the level group you're on. more posts you have a different group you're in.

Getting to a higher group is true, the question is is if you getting to a higher group gets you anything. If you look at your profile you will see the level group you're on. more posts you have a different group you're in.

Ya that much I know. I was asking mostly abt like secret DDF groups and that type of thing. Is it all a myth or is there some truth that should give us a drive to strive for?

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

I have admin a forum with 250k members for 6 years and mod another with 20k members for 2 years. It takes patience, dedication, and a passion for the subject. So many apply for, or get tapped as mods, but find out they just don't have the time or the desire. What gets me are the ones who continue to regularly contribute to the general forum, but won't give the mod forum the time of day and help out then get mad when they are demoted. It seems that some like title only.

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

If it were up to me all the current mods would be stripped of their stars. In the past 27 days there was 0 mod work done by anyone but Dan and myself on the moderation log.

Seems silly to keep people as mod by title if they don't moderate, I don't mean to say they don't contribute on the forums and I like all of the mods very much, just if a mod on a forum isn't moderating usually they get replaced, like on every other forum.

For the record, I had the blue stars before I was a mod, and if I get demoted I'd like to keep them.

Also, I get PM'd moderator requests that I handle (e.g. changing usernames) which I handle.

Thank you, I am very honored. I just want to take this moment to thank my fellow DDF'ers I know you all believed in me even when I doubted my self, and to my loving wife I wouldn't be here without you. I'd like to thank the big D man for making all of this possible, and to G above for all he does.

Thank you, I am very honored. I just want to take this moment to thank my fellow DDF'ers I know you all believed in me even when I doubted my self, and to my loving wife I wouldn't be here without you. I'd like to thank the big D man for making all of this possible, and to G above for all he does.

can someone please tell me if the ups method is scary thing to do? Does anyone get a little bit nervous when they go in to a po to do it? I was in staples today and have been going to many other staples stores in the past and everyone that works their is getting me nervous like their suspecting me of doing something illegal.

can someone please tell me if the ups method is scary thing to do? Does anyone get a little bit nervous when they go in to a po to do it? I was in staples today and have been going to many other staples stores in the past and everyone that works their is getting me nervous like their suspecting me of doing something illegal.

can someone please tell me if the ups method is scary thing to do? Does anyone get a little bit nervous when they go in to a po to do it? I was in staples today and have been going to many other staples stores in the past and everyone that works their is getting me nervous like their suspecting me of doing something illegal.

Time for an update let's see the new statues.. @DanAnd mazel tov on the 50k post wishing you many more happy and healthy ones. I have a long way to reach to where your holding, aside for you starting 8 yrs earlier.

I was just thinking if someone wanted to come back under a new user name it would be smart to make one while they are posting then use it once they leave to throw people off. I wouldn't do it but it isn't a bad idea.

I was just thinking if someone wanted to come back under a new user name it would be smart to make one while they are posting then use it once they leave to throw people off. I wouldn't do it but it isn't a bad idea.